The GoldenEar Triton Five Speakers

If you’ve ever experienced a set of GoldenEar speakers, you know that their founder and head concept guru Sandy Gross is a master of great sound without breaking the bank. Read More >

The McIntosh MTI100 Music System

Not just anyone could build something like this, to the level it’s made.

Who better than McIntosh, a company now in their 70th year of production, with a considerable amount of expertise in vacuum tube, solid-state electronics – both analog and digital, to come up with something like this…

At first contact, the new MTI100 looks like one of any number of turntables that might have an integral phono preamplifier, but it’s much more. Read More >

Gold Note A3 EVO Speakers

Many of us think of “that other company” when we think Italian loudspeakers, but the team at Gold Note is a serious contender, making their way into North America, after achieving major success in the rest of the world. Read More >

Totem Tribe Towers

Listening to the deep bass line in Lyle Lovett’s “She’s Already Made up her Mind,” I’m still amazed after nearly 20 years of reviewing speakers, at how Totem’s Vince Bruzzese gets so much bass out of such small cabinets. Read More >

Issue 98

ANA Mighty Sound

Of all the perils analog enthusiasts are faced with, the worst is breaking the cantilever on a precious cartridge.

Ask any audiophile with more than few cartridges, many of them will tell you that it is not a matter of if, but a matter when. Read More >

The AudioSolutions Figaro M Speakers

A relative newcomer on the HiFi scene, AudioSolutions comes out of the gate producing speakers that are top performers, offering tremendous value. Read More >

The Boulder 1161 Power Amplifer

August 31, 2019
I love wristwatches, but I’m kind of a lurker.

I’d love one of those big, chunky, Rolex Submariners, but I can’t quite make the leap to almost $20k for a watch. Read More >

The Wharfdale Linton Speakers

For some odd reason, paging through the album artwork in the Roon browser, trying to decide what record to play first on the Wharfdale Lintons in my system, Queen’s News of the World jumps out at me. Read More >

Issue 97

Features

Old School:

Jeff Dorgay continues the roll with Pioneer and bags an RT-701 Reel to reel deck

1095:

Michael Laurance samples the Bowers&Wilkins 607 speakers

Journeyman Audiophile:

We put the Linn Selekt DSM through its paces with multiple power amplifiers

The Audiophile Apartment:

McIntosh’s new MTI100 is a killer combination

Shanon Says:

Shanon breaks in the Hana ML cartridge
By Shanon Swetlishnoff

Mine: It Should Be Yours

Styling Shades

Snoop Dogg Loafers

Weinermobile AirBnB

Fielder’s Choice Wallet

and more…. Read More >

The dCS Bartok DAC

Listening to the delicacy of Allison Miller’s drumming in Boom Tic Boom, in my living room system, it’s easy to see how this DAC can be the end of your digital journey. Read More >

What the hell is “high end audio” anyway?

After 40 years of being an audio enthusiast, consumer (and someone covering this world for the last 17 of those years) I think we have a fundamental confusion in what we’re talking about.

To me, “high end audio” means something condescending, something unapproachable, something you can’t have. Read More >

The TUK speakers from Kanto Audio

My apologies for the title. To be absolutely correct, the TUKs are all you need if you don’t want to listen to records. Music lovers sourcing their tunes digitally, have everything they need inside the small (but well packed) box that the TUKs arrive in. Read More >

The Paradigm Premier 700F Speakers

Rickie Lee Jones’ version of “Bad Company,” from her latest album puts the Paradigm Premier 700F speakers in perspective immediately. Read More >

Issue 96

Features

Old School:

Michael “Muppet” Laurance continues our love affair
with vintage Pioneer gear, this time one of their disc players

1095:

Jeff Dorgay spins a lot of CDs with the new Rega Apollo

Journeyman Audiophile:

The MoFi StudioDeck+U Turntable and cartridge

The Audiophile Apartment:

The Audiovector SR1 Avantgarde Arrete Speakers
By Jeff Dorgay

Shanon Says:

The Gold Note PSU10 Power Supply upgrade
By Shanon Swetlishnoff

Mine: It Should Be Yours

Cryo treated beer

Carbon Fiber wheels

Large floatation devices

Smurf PEZ

and more…. Read More >

The Vitus Audio RI-101 Integrated Amplifier

Vitus Audio is well known around the world for fantastic sound and multiple box amplification chains that weight hundreds of pounds. Read More >